Speech capability that works out which of a set of possible languages is being spoken: up to 4 when detecting at the start of audio, or up to 10 when detecting continuously. It runs with speech to text or speech translation.
Also called LID.
Read more: Microsoft Learn
In the Ultra Transcenders books
Each book explains Language identification in context, with comparison tables and the common traps.
Terms in this definition
- Capability
Something that a person, organisation or system is able to do.
- Set
Secret permission in Key Vault for writing secrets; some older material refers to it as Create.
- Agents (classic) API
First-generation Foundry Agent Service API, based on threads, messages and runs. It is deprecated, replaced by conversations and responses, and retires on 31 March 2027.
- Speech recognition
Turning spoken audio into text, for example call transcripts or captions.
- Speech translation
Takes speech as it is spoken and renders it, in real time, as text or synthesised audio in one target language or more; an Azure Speech capability.